Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning—So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
After World War I, America seemed to promise unlimited financial and social opportunities for anyone willing to work hard, an American Dream. For some, however, striving for and realizing that dream corrupted them, as they acquired wealth only to pursue pleasure. Even though the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald face through a lot of hard ship, they realize that the American Dream does not exist in the novel. Specifically, the lives of George Wilson, Jay Gatsby, …show more content…
Later Wilson went to Gatsby and killed him in the pool and also kill himself. Tom manipulate Wilson and used him to take out Gatsby. Tom is an arrogant person, who inherited his fortune instead of earning it. He doesn't respect the American
Dream and he bullies the lower class like Wilson.
In the novel The Great Gatsby,the American Dream wasn't available for many characters in the story.
Throughout the novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays a society that has corrupted the true meaning of the American Dream through Wilson, Gatsby, and Nick's pursuit of wealth. If the characters in The Great Gatsby come from various classes of American society, then a major theme of the novel is that no one in 1920s America had opportunities cause the wealthy people were superior and whenever they were in any difficulty situation, they knew their money would get them out of
After World War I, America seemed to promise unlimited financial and social opportunities for anyone willing to work hard, an American Dream. For some, however, striving for and realizing that dream corrupted them, as they acquired wealth only to pursue pleasure. Even though the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald face through a lot of hard ship, they realize that the American Dream does not exist in the novel. Specifically, the lives of George Wilson, Jay Gatsby, …show more content…
Later Wilson went to Gatsby and killed him in the pool and also kill himself. Tom manipulate Wilson and used him to take out Gatsby. Tom is an arrogant person, who inherited his fortune instead of earning it. He doesn't respect the American
Dream and he bullies the lower class like Wilson.
In the novel The Great Gatsby,the American Dream wasn't available for many characters in the story.
Throughout the novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays a society that has corrupted the true meaning of the American Dream through Wilson, Gatsby, and Nick's pursuit of wealth. If the characters in The Great Gatsby come from various classes of American society, then a major theme of the novel is that no one in 1920s America had opportunities cause the wealthy people were superior and whenever they were in any difficulty situation, they knew their money would get them out of